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There was an issue with BSOD on old builds of Windows XP. It was caused by a manifest resource embedded in the exe. But it was on SP1. I don't recall if SP2 was affected. I solved it by installing a more recent copy of sxs.dll ( read KB921337 KB943232 ) https://msfn.org/board/topic/171473-recent-software-can-crash-xp-sp1/ Maybe you have a virus that causes a crash of csrss.exe, or it could be related to Data Execution Prevention.
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MPC-HC takes some time to initialize a video steam from YouTube. Seeking is also unresponsive. Sometimes the sound plays but the video does not. If you download a video to disk, then you can use an old version of MPC-HC to watch it. I don't save much time by watching directly.
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What has changed in CUVID decoding in recent versions? It is indeed more demanding than the old DXVA because they copy the data back into the memory for processing, but simpe DXVA was last available in 1.6.x. New versions only support DXVA2 on Vista+. In old MPC-HC the chosen renderer output made a difference in CPU usage. There was a weird glitch when playing 60 fps on a 60fps monitor using Overlay Mixer (the lowest demand mode) Over time the computer built up a queue of undisplayed frames (because the video was played at a slightly faster rate than the monitor), and the whole Windows GUI began lagging immensely. I suspect OS would probably crash if playback was left going. Overlay Mixer never dropped any frames and panning was super smooth.
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Webp Virus, fears, nightmares, suggestions, or exodus from the internet?
j7n replied to Dixel's topic in Web Browsers
I still can't make a new topic. I tried in the Microsoft Office forum... because my Office doesn't work. This problem started around the time of the Mega Sale 70% Off.- 126 replies
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I am watching Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. It's been remastered in high definition to the point that you can count threads on people's jackets and grooves on Louis Lane's lips. For some reason Clark Kent's face is sometimes slightly out of focus while his jacket is sharp. Brothers D, I'm sorry it is not available on vinyl disk. lol.
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Not that long ago I paid 50 for a GTX 750. I think people value their property slightly more here, and they have to pay €1-3 to post an advertisement. Since there are no XP-drivers for next-gen video adapters, they can't be used regardless how fast they might be.
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My Browser Builds (Part 4)
j7n replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
They had some quirky design elements in a mostly tabular layou such as text rotated 45°. They pointed out that Firefox was no good becasue it didn't do the rotation neatly. I wouldn't have complained about it or asked support. They had a high opinion of their development and design work. -
My Browser Builds (Part 4)
j7n replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
If they use the user agent, then it is better than other methods because you can change it. There are ways of detecting Firefox in JavaScript. Some sites don't work with Firefox regardless of the agent, and I can't do anything about that. I was banned from a private site for using Firefox within a couple of days. I can't load Elektroda at all currently. It says "Waiting for". -
The banner looks this big on some pages. It has a blank alpha channel, and the PNG format can't deal with it. Without the alpha, the image compressed to 525 kB. https://i.imgur.com/T6wJlOg.png It's not that there is a banner that shocks me. Many sites are now adding internally hosted image, which can't be blocked, but also load faster. But the cheap design of it, which puts the legitimacy of the target site in question. After all its easy to sell thin air with software licenses. I don't know if they even come in a physical box these days. Look how they squeezed down the banner to 728x90 with everything squished.
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It seemed odd to me that Telegram requires an active phone number to sign up on the site, while boasting about anonymity. With most websites you don't need a phone number, and can just select a user name and password. I tried to use Telegram, but it required a modern smartphone to connect with it before it can be accessed from a PC.
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Has MSFN been hacked by Vipmeu LLC from the Arab Emirates? It's the first time I've seen a banner on this site. The first design with the white letters over christmas decorations looked amateurish. Their shop website is plain white and generic looking, and the deals seem too good to be true. I tried to create a separate topic about this but it failed with an error.
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My Browser Builds (Part 4)
j7n replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
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My Browser Builds (Part 4)
j7n replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
There is more to Intel than the user agent. I can't get in either with "Chrome" or a complete string from Opium 93. But I can load the site in New Moon with "GoogleBot/6.6.6" -
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j7n replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
I get an Access Denied error on Intel sites too. It probably has to do with something en/disabled in the settings. Not a big deal. After you download the required, you don't need to go to Intel again. -
The copy from Deezer is DR13 and sounds great. They seem to have uploaded it unmastered.
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F.R. David became famous with songs "Words Don't Come Easy" and "Pick Up the Phone". The second album "Long Distance Flight" is less known, but has a few bangers. It can be found ingested on digital platforms in CD quality with mixed up track sequencing. Few things are worth hearing on WEB platforms.
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Before choosing a big video card, consider the power consumption, if your PSU is big enough, if the card will fit in the case next to hard drives, and if the fans will make too much noise. Maxwell 2 added decoding of h.265 video, which has become common, and very CPU hungry. If these cards really cost 50 euros in your part of the world now, it's amazing how much value they've lost within a few years, and how bad an investment they've proven to be. We live in a disposable world.
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Webp Virus, fears, nightmares, suggestions, or exodus from the internet?
j7n replied to Dixel's topic in Web Browsers
Do you think the virus could equally run in any program capable of dispaying WebP, or does it have to be crafted to attack a specific web browser? I'll admit, I don't understand the technical details. But once the program overflows in attempt to run the virus, the image viewer is likely to become corrupted. They only need to runt he virus once to do it job. I've not yet encountered new viruses. I only recently updated New Moon, and still use Opera 12 and Opium 93.0.- 126 replies
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Can you demonstrate that on a screenshot with two players of the same size side by side? On my PC I can take a screenshot of the video if it is not output via overlay mixer. Maybe you have selected a fancy renderer with its own color settings, enabled a "shader" or chosen TV Levels 16-240 in the output.
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My Browser Builds (Part 4)
j7n replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
Can't do it for all file type at once? Then it is easier in the registry in GUI by renaming open to something else. To make Ctrl-F search jump to the found result on Discourse, I still need to use _escaped_fragment_ For example, here I need to search for "TLS". -
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j7n replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
When I download a file in New Moon, I get the prompt with a Open With and Save File choice. As long as an "open" verb is registered for the file type, the dialog defaults to Open With. I just click through it and nearly had a heart attack when an MSU update started installing. Can this be set to default to Save? I never want to open files from the temporary directory. -
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j7n replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
Yes, you are right. I had disabled it in the Firefox browsers during the initial tweaking to remove all possible animations, and had forgotten about it. The setting is: general.autoScroll -
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j7n replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
I can't do the middle-click in New Moon. It might be specific to the application or mouse drivers. It works in Opera 12 and some other programs like Microsoft Word, but not in simple text fields. But I find it hard to control and unnecessarily smooth (higher cpu load). I can press Page Up and Page Down. The banner is small and it doesn't follow if you scroll down. It is smaller than cookie-law banners. -
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j7n replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
Yes, scrolling with arrow keys works. I didn't notice it. -
No, it didn't do that for me. I only checked that CPU usage was low and there were no glitches. It's not my player, but I kept hearing it was other people's choice. There is the TV Levels setting in the driver, but it applies to all video output at YV12, not just hardware decoded.